MSI’s Charitable Trust

Making sustainable impact with leapfrogging results

MSI’s Charitable Trust aims to improve and strengthen the health, education, and wellness of communities we live and work in.

Community Involvement

Select Programs We Serve

Education technology: Purdue University

MSI’s Purdue University Lab To Solve Global Problems

MSI has made a multi-million dollar commitment and started the Shah Global Innovation Lab at Purdue University to provide seed investments for innovative solutions to reduce global poverty, protect the planet and address the socio-economic challenges in the world.

Projects Funded to Solve Problems in 10 Developing Countries

Sustainable development goals addressed by the grantees of the Lab

Healthcare and nutrition: Purdue University

MSI-funded Non-invasive Technology For Anemia Detection

MSI has funded the creation of a smartphone application to detect anemia without pricking the finger. This will help in developing countries such as India where 51% women between 15-49 years of age are anemic. This technology has been created by a faculty member at Purdue University.

The National Institute of Health has awarded the technology with the prize amount in their Accelerator Challenge

Local communities: Habitat For Humanity

MSI Donates Building Materials To Habitat For Humanity

MSI has contributed to Habitat for Humanity by providing materials to build homes for underprivileged families across America.

Trucks Worth material donated by MSI

Homes Built And Provided by Habitat for Humanity Orange County

Local communities: Numerous Charities

MSI Has Encouraged Employees To Support Over 200 Local Charities

MSI’s gift matching program at a 1:1 ratio has motivated over 200 employees to donate to over 200 unique charities across America in local communities around MSI branches.

Charities Across America in local communities received donations

education technology: Non-governmental organizations

Over 40,000 Tablets Donated To Support Online Education

MSI has helped over 200,000 students with online education by donating tablets to NGOs in rural areas where we source our material from.

Students Educated using tablets

Tablets Donated to students in rural areas

education technology: US public schools

2,000 Chromebooks and Tablets Donated To US Public Schools

To support online learning, MSI has helped over 2,000 families with 800 iPads and 1,200 Chromebooks to public schools and families as a response to COVID-19.

Chromebooks & iPads Donated to K-12 Students in Public Schools

Health and nutrition: OneMeal – Kids Around the World

50,000 Meals Packed For Children in Africa and South America

MSI employees came together in Orange and Edison branches to pack 50,000 meals in 8 hours for kids in sub-Saharan Africa and South America. We partnered with OneMeal – Kids Around the World for the meal packing events.

Packed meals for kids in sub-Saharan Africa and South America.

Health and nutrition: Akshaya Patra Foundation

MSI Provides 100,000 Meals Globally Every Day To School Children In Underserved Areas

MSI has funded the building of kitchens with Akshaya Patra Foundation where over 100,000 meals are served on a daily basis to incentivize children to attend schools in rural areas.

Meals Charities Across America in local communities received donations Key Facts About the Impact of MSI Meals on Education:

Academic performance of children have improved
Enrollment and attendance have improved in schools
Health of students have improved, contributing to better mindset

Vocational training: American India Foundation

MSI Provides Job Skills In Developing Countries

MSI strongly creates jobs by providing hard skills and making young adults financially independent. American India Foundation has upskilled over 6,000 in the last 3 years and plan on doing more.

People receive vocational training to get jobs in rural areas because of MSI

School dropouts avoided due to migration

local communities: voice of sap

MSI Supports VOICE OF SAP mobile app To Empower Specially Abled People

Voice of SAP (VoSAP) is granted a “Special Consultative Status” with UN Economic and Social Council.” It has created a mobile app which (a) connects volunteers to promote rights and empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, (b) provides data on accessibility of public places in local communities, (c) provide platform to share issues, solutions and create mass movement for social transformation.

Buildings Rated for Accessibility

People Enabled With Assistive devices

Changemakers making a difference for Persons with Disabilities